FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

Richard and Tera reached the hotel and stepped into the cabin that had the sign saying, 'reception' on it. Richard noticed an old lady behind the counter with a warm smile which Richard returned.

"Would you like a room?" the old lady asked.

"Yes, do you have any available?" Richard replied

The old lady then got out a massive book and began scanning the signatures. "Yes, but its only got one queen sized bed," the old lady told the two in front of her.

Richard then thought for about two seconds and decided that they might as well take it. "I'll take it."

"Excellent, the room is one-hundred pokédollars a night," the lady said.

Richard then reached for his wallet in his trouser pocket. He always brought his wallet with him just in case he was stuck somewhere, and needed to pay for a place to stay, or for transport. He handed over the money and in turn she handed over the keys.

"Its room five, just up the hall," The old lady said as she pointed up the hall.

"Thank you," Richard responded.

Richard and the Lucario were now in the room. It looked very nice and welcoming, nice wooden floor and walls, a TV, a couch, a mini bar and another door, presumably leading to the toilet and shower.

"Do you want to take the bed?" Richard asked her.

"No thanks, I will take the couch," she replied

"Are you sure?" Richard asked.

"Yes, besides I'm going to take a shower now," Tera replied, as she began wondering how to actually work the thing. She had heard of them, but she had never actually seen one. They didn't have them where she came from.

"Alright, I'm just going to watch some TV and maybe raid the mini bar," Richard said with a smirk.

Richard noticed her give a slight chuckle before she went to take a shower. He then turned his attention to the TV and flicked through the channels, it was just mostly random crap, talk shows and documentaries. Richard then began searching for news channels, he found some but they weren't reporting anything he cared about. He began flicking through the channels again and found a horror movie, 'Red rain' it was called, he watched the beginning. The movie was about a group of four people who's car crashed in the middle of the Forest, he turned it off when he realized it was a stupid teen slasher, he guessed it would have a woman running half naked around the woods like nearly all crappy low budget horror movies. He got bored very quickly and looked to the mini bar, he grabbed a miniature beer drank it in one gulp and lay down on the bed. He looked up to the ceiling like it was the most interesting thing in the world. He tried the TV one more time in search of news but again, nothing. 'It works for superheroes, why isn't it working for me?' he mused in his mind. He only just now realized how nearly every superhero movie has a news report about a crime in progress for the hero to quickly intervene in.

The sound of a door creaking open quickly got his attention. He looked over to the bathroom door to see Tera, standing there. Her fur wet but clean, it almost seemed as if her fur got a little lighter, her cuts now didn't seem as bad as they were before which came as a relief to Richard. Tera noticed him looking at her and blushed slightly, not enough for him to see though. Richard noticed that he had been staring and decided to talk before things got awkward. "Have you seen other humans before me?" Richard asked.

"Only about three or four friendly ones, our clan lived in solitude in the mountains," Tera told him.

"Didn't you ever get lonely?" Richard questioned.

"Not really, there were quite a lot of us but we didn't really talk that much. What about you? Did you get lonely whilst working as a mercenary?" Tera asked.

"Yes... sometimes I couldn't even trust my own teammates," he told her with a sigh.

"Why not?" the lucario gave a quizzical look.

"Because they only cared about the money." Richard stated as he remembered all the greedy bastards that let their teammates die.

"Didn't you?" Tera asked.

"Not really, and definitely not if it meant endangering more lives during the mission," Richard sternly said.

The lucario could see his aura, making him easier to read. Tera saw he had a strong sense of justice and a lot of determination but also saw he was very sad and depressed on the inside. She also sensed the faint presence of hope and happiness.

"What are we going to do when we leave here?" the lucario asked with some concern in her voice.

Richard thought about it long and hard and he gave his answer. "We need some more money, there are probably some jobs we could do around here. We also need a place to stay, when we get some money we will work that out."

"Don't think too far ahead do you?" the lucario said in jest.

"Heh, I guess not," Richard smiled at her little jab at him.

" ... What is that?" the lucario pointed to the box with moving pictures.

"What? The TV? You haven't seen one before?" Richard asked.

"Yes but never close up before," Tera said as she slowly walked over to it.

"Do you want to watch something on it?" Richard asked.

"Yes," the lucario answered.

Richard quickly flicked through the channels and found one of his favorite films "Dead lands". It was about a police officer and his lucario trapped in a zombie apocalypse which affected Pokemon and humans alike. Richard and Tera sat down on the couch and watched the movie.

30 minutes later

Tera jumped slightly at some parts of the movie but continued to watch it while also wrapping one arm around Richards arm, which he rather liked. A full hour passed, and the film had finished. Richard was about to move but he noticed that Tera had fallen asleep, and moving would wake her. He decided to stay and close his eyes, besides, he liked the feeling of her soft fur on his skin.

Some time in the morning.

Tera had opened her eyes and noticed that her head was almost buried in Richard's chest and her arm was wrapped around his, she wondered what he would think if he saw her like this so she slowly pulled her arm back and pulled her head away from Richard while trying not to wake him. She had managed to get off the couch by the time Richard awoke. He gave a big yawn and looked over to Tera who now had what looked like a grin on her face.

"Well, looks like somebody got up in a good mood," as Richard said this, he suddenly remembered why she was grinning.

"Are you ready?" Tera said lifting her paws up level with her chest to make up a fighting stance.

"Wait! We cant fight here, we might do some damage to the place. Besides, I still have to take a shower," Richard said as Tera dropped her fighting stance.

"Where do we fight then?" Tera asked, impatiently waiting for an answer.

"In the woods," Richard quickly replied.

"Then I will wait until you've finished showering then," Tera responded.

Richard headed for the shower and already he had nothing else on his mind except this fight with Tera. He had no idea what to expect from her. He's heard stories of her kind fighting before, but never seen one of them actually fighting in the flesh. His mind went to the spikes on the back of her paws and chest, he knew if one struck him in the chest, then he was done for. Thinking about the fight made him nervous, he was trying to think of ways to attack her without actually hurting her too badly.

20 minutes later.

Both Richard and Tera now stood in the woods, Richard decided now was a good time to get some rules down for the fight.

"Ok, Punches, kicks and holds are fine," Richard said to the lucario.

"What about aura spheres?" Tera asked.

Richard gave a puzzled look before asking, "What's an aura sphere?" Richard looked on as Tera produced a blue glowing ball of energy and sent it flying at a tree which then snapped in half. "... Err, lets just stick with punches, kicks and holds okay?" he said as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Fine, lets fight!" she said with excitement in her voice.

Both Richard and Tera now got into a fighting stance, and were facing each other just two meters apart. Richard shifted to the right, not taking his eyes of Tera who then shifted to the left. Richard was just waiting for an opening but her stance was solid so he instead waited for her to strike. Tera could predict his movements, but not well enough to be certain that she could take him down. Richard knew she wanted this fight and that it would only be a matter of seconds before she could not help but strike out at him.

The waiting was killing Tera and she knew that the only way to get him to engage her in combat was to strike. Richard saw her leg lift from the ground and just managed to duck in time. She was now vulnerable, and he had to strike now. He threw a straight punch to her stomach whilst he was still crouching but he then backed away quickly, he managed to get the first punch in, but this was only the beginning. Tera had been hit but it wasn't enough to cause her any real pain, she had recovered quickly.

Richard decided to strike this time with a powerful kick, which Tera easily predicted. She ducked and then decided to get revenge by punching Richard in the stomach. Tera backed away to let Richard recover. Richard was surprised by her punch, he was at least one foot taller than she was, but it still felt like being punched by a pro boxer.

Richard decided to strike again this time trying to throw a right hook at her but she dodged that by jumping back, Richard then threw a straight punch aimed at her shoulder, but she dodged by ducking down. Richard knew she was going to strike if she ducked, he looked down and could see her ready to throw another punch to his stomach. Her punch was stopped by Richard's hand which caught her off guard, whilst Richard's left hand held hers, he lifted up his leg, and kicked her right in her abdomen. The kick was strong enough to send her down to the ground.

Richard let Tera recover as she picked her self up from the ground she then charged for Richard, she then jumped and kicked Richard in the chest which made him stumble backwards, but did not make him hit the ground. She charged for Richard again and jumped. Richard knew what was coming, he charged forwards and threw a punch as he narrowly avoided getting kicked. His punch caught Tera on the left side of her chest whilst she was in midair. Once the punch connected, she quickly fell to the ground, and the wind was knocked out of her lungs. Richard helped her back up and asked her if she wanted to continue. He tried not to sound too concerned for her.

"Yes," she said. Tera and Richard moved back into their positions two meters away from each other. Richard sprinted forwards and unleashed a roundhouse kick aimed at her left arm, Tera ducked and rolled behind Richard. By the time his foot reached the ground he felt a powerful punch from behind aimed at his lower spine which brought him to his knees in pain.

"Do you want to continue?" Tera asked him in a cocky tone.

Richard looked up at Tera and answered her. "Yes."

They took up their positions once more, Richard and Tera both sprinted towards each other, Tera punched Richard in the chest and Richard punched her in the ribs. Tera brought up her leg to kick Richard in the stomach but he managed to grab her leg with his right arm, he then brought his left arm across her neck and then pushed forward, slamming her down into the ground. Tera then brought up her other leg whilst down on the ground and kicked Richard's left arm, which knocked it from her neck. She could breathe a little easier now that his arm wasn't across her neck. She then used both legs at once and kicked Richard in the chest pushing him of her and sending him to the ground.

Richard and Tera now looked at each other, both battered, bruised and covered in dirt.

Richard was breathing deeply. "I... think we can... call it a draw."

Tera was hyperventilating. "Can... we... do it again?"

Richard gave a slight chuckle "Heh... yeah... just not this week," Richard smiled, even though he taken a beating he didn't mind because it made him forget. Forget all the horrible missions, all the deaths on his shoulders. He was happy for the first time in years.

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Author's note: I had to edit a lot about this chapter to just to make it easier to read, especially around the fight scene. Always happy to take the time to do so though. I have grown really attached to this story. No point in making great chapters in the future if people can't even understand the first few after all! :) Thank you all for reading!